ISTE has a waiting list for renting space
----ISTE is currenting waiting for a grant to buy another island and may have space in the future
----Parcels rented through ISTE are small--maybe too small for us--wouldn't have enough space to create Jamestown
----As a tenant of ISTE we would be able to use ISTE venues such as the large auditorium if available
----ISTE does let you rent space for events
----Zoltan Barski (SL) from Higher Ed is looking at renting space if VSTE were interested in sharing
List of sessions/topics we would like to present Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
----Are we still conducting the panel discussion from our initial proposal highlighting a favorite SL place? That can be part of one of our sessions, don't you think?
SESSION A Beginning Landlubber's Get Started! (Sunday AFTER the panel discussion) (again Mon AM)
SESSION B Now what? All Hands on Deck: We help the Sprogs Get Going (Monday midday and Tuesday Morn)
----Where to go for help
----Places to go for free clothes, hair, shoes, and objects
----Groups all educators should join
SESSION C Getting into it Ahoy! Matey! Get Connected! (MONDAY Afternoon and Tuesday Midday)
----Creating a Personal Learning Network
----Favorite places in SL
----Things to do for fun
PANEL Discussion
----Sunday night
----Interview with the four of us in SL, talking as our avatars
----Maybe get a KEY player in ISTE to do the interview
----Revealing our real selves at the end
MONDAY NIGHT
----Big Reveal of Jamestown Island
----Treasure Hunt in SL
----Prizes???
MONDAY NIGHT SOCIAL ACTIVITY
Treasure hunt with Pirates of the Carribean for Monday Night Social activity
----SL pirate costumes for avatars
----RL pirate costumes?
----Notecard with landmarks and items for avatars to collect on SL teasure hunt (should we only send them to educational site?)
----SL colleagues to be inworld to assist with treasure hunt
----RL and/or SL prizes for winners
----Need movie permission - Is this our responsibility or does staff take care of this?
Suggest a schedule for the sessions
What skills do we need to learn and/or find help for to recreate Jamestown in SL?
How to build large structures
Make contact with Jamestown Historical Island Park officials
Make contact with Jamestown Festival Park docents
Do we want to recreate the glass house?
Do we want to recreate a Native American Villiage with longhouses?
Skipper Burns is willing to helpout with layout plans for fort
Authentic period ship on loan to Skipper Burns (SL) could be used for static Jamestown display--would need permission to modify ship from owner or to have availiable for longer period of time. One ship would require 1 sim's worth of memory to operate as is with water movement and canons according to Skipper Burns (SL).
Lifesized cardboard cutouts of our Avatars or at least Danny's AV . We may need to check copyright from Linden. (http://www.lifesizephotostandups.com/ )
Ribbon Tags to add to VSTE conference name badges saying "SL VSTE Member"
RL Blackbeard character to wonder convention center and enlist VSTE SL members
Integrate local VB Blackbeard history with conference theme
Questions for tonight's meeting (Tuesday, Sept 23 8 PM)
Is it okay to start inviting people to help us?
When do we want to go to Jamestown?
Shall we interview some builders in SL about costs?
Who feels comfortable calling Jamestown and talking to someone to see if they are interested in participating?
- Info to send to conference attendees regarding the hardware they need to run SL
----http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php- ISTE has a waiting list for renting space
- List of sessions/topics we would like to present Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
- SESSION A Beginning Landlubber's Get Started! (Sunday AFTER the panel discussion) (again Mon AM)
----Creating an avatar----ISTE is currenting waiting for a grant to buy another island and may have space in the future
----Parcels rented through ISTE are small--maybe too small for us--wouldn't have enough space to create Jamestown
----As a tenant of ISTE we would be able to use ISTE venues such as the large auditorium if available
----ISTE does let you rent space for events
----Zoltan Barski (SL) from Higher Ed is looking at renting space if VSTE were interested in sharing
----Are we still conducting the panel discussion from our initial proposal highlighting a favorite SL place? That can be part of one of our sessions, don't you think?
----SL vocabulary
----Basic Skills (navigation, inventory organization, searching...)
- SESSION B Now what? All Hands on Deck: We help the Sprogs Get Going (Monday midday and Tuesday Morn)
----Where to go for help----Places to go for free clothes, hair, shoes, and objects
----Groups all educators should join
- SESSION C Getting into it Ahoy! Matey! Get Connected! (MONDAY Afternoon and Tuesday Midday)
----Creating a Personal Learning Network----Favorite places in SL
----Things to do for fun
- PANEL Discussion
----Sunday night----Interview with the four of us in SL, talking as our avatars
----Maybe get a KEY player in ISTE to do the interview
----Revealing our real selves at the end
MONDAY NIGHT
----Big Reveal of Jamestown Island
----Treasure Hunt in SL
----Prizes???
MONDAY NIGHT SOCIAL ACTIVITY
----SL pirate costumes for avatars
----RL pirate costumes?
----Notecard with landmarks and items for avatars to collect on SL teasure hunt (should we only send them to educational site?)
----SL colleagues to be inworld to assist with treasure hunt
----RL and/or SL prizes for winners
----Need movie permission - Is this our responsibility or does staff take care of this?
What skills do we need to learn and/or find help for to recreate Jamestown in SL?
- How to build large structures
- Make contact with Jamestown Historical Island Park officials
- Make contact with Jamestown Festival Park docents
- Do we want to recreate the glass house?
- Do we want to recreate a Native American Villiage with longhouses?
- Skipper Burns is willing to helpout with layout plans for fort
- Authentic period ship on loan to Skipper Burns (SL) could be used for static Jamestown display--would need permission to modify ship from owner or to have availiable for longer period of time. One ship would require 1 sim's worth of memory to operate as is with water movement and canons according to Skipper Burns (SL).
- Internet resources for fort and Powhatan Village
- http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/departments/espm/env-hist/espm160/assignments/jamestownall/jamestown.htm
- http://www.virtualjamestown.org/interactive.html (look for Jamestown interactive link)
- http://www.historyisfun.org/Jamestown-Settlement.htm
- http://library.thinkquest.org/5226/final4.htm (simple drawings with basic facts about the buildings in the fort walls)
- http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=885b374d0cb2e25d7aa4
- http://jamestown.invioni.com/real_index.html
-Pictures of Jamestown Al took these on Sat., Oct. 4th-Pictures of Jamestown Fara took these on Sat., Oct. 4th
-Pictures of Jamestown Kim took these on Sat., Oct. 4th
-Pictures of Jamestown Lisa took these on Sat., Oct. 4th
-Pictures of Jamestown Marie took these on Sat., Oct. 4th
Types of ships
What do we want to include in our VSTE Island?
- Casual coffee shop setting for chatting with other members
- Interactive whiteboard for presentations and Machinima with seating area
- Campfire/Treehouse meeting places
- Sandbox with builder's grid
- Teleporter board to locations on VSTE island
- Teleporter to other educational locations (DEN, ISTE, Etc.)
- Opportunities for Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
- Our own speaker series
- Links to central database of technology integrated lesson plans
- SLoodle???
rperkins01@gmail.com Milosun's email!!!!What do we need at the Pavilion for our SL area?
- tables and chairs
- screen and projector
- Lifesized cardboard cutouts of our Avatars or at least Danny's AV . We may need to check copyright from Linden. (http://www.lifesizephotostandups.com/ )
- Ribbon Tags to add to VSTE conference name badges saying "SL VSTE Member"
- RL Blackbeard character to wonder convention center and enlist VSTE SL members
- Integrate local VB Blackbeard history with conference theme
Questions for tonight's meeting (Tuesday, Sept 23 8 PM)